Horses of Racing Age Sale

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CTHS BC • October 17, 2018

Saturday, March 16, 2018 - Hastings Racecourse

The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society BC Division is pleased to announce we will be having a Horses of Racing Age Sale March 16, 2019 at Hastings Racecourse.

The sale will be open to all horses that are of racing age. A gallop/work preview will be held on March 9, 2019.

Entry fee will be $375 plus gst and a flat $150 commission will be charged regardless of the sale price.

Yearlings that passed through the 2018 CTHS BC mixed sale will not be charged an entry fee to the Horses of Racing Age Sale.

The sale will be conducted by a licensed auctioneer with bid spotters.

Seating will be set up and refreshments will be available.

Horses born in 2017 can be made eligible for the CTHS BC sale stakes starting in 2019.

The CTHS BC looks forward to working with Darren MacDonald and his staff at Hastings to make this sale a success for everyone involved.

More information about the sale will be posted on the CTHS BC and Hastings websites as soon as possible.

Grant Watson

CTHS BC Division President

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Not Bourbon (Not Impossible – Bourbon Belle) passed away on December 28, 2025, at the age of 20. Bred and owned by Charles Fipke and trained by Roger Attfield, Not Bourbon was an exceptional racehorse whose accomplishments earned him a place in Canadian racing history. During his career on the track, Not Bourbon captured some of the nation’s most prestigious races, including the Queen’s Plate, Plate Trial, Queenston Stakes, and Overskate Stakes. As a two-year-old, he showed early promise by winning the Bull Page Stakes and setting a track record for six furlongs at Woodbine. Over the course of three racing seasons, Not Bourbon earned more than one million dollars, and his outstanding three-year-old campaign was recognized with a Sovereign Award. Retired to stud, Not Bourbon went on to become a champion sire in Ontario, further cementing his legacy in the breeding shed. In 2020, he relocated to British Columbia, standing his first season at Emerald Acres in Aldergrove, before moving to Flying Horse Farm in West Kelowna, where he continued to make a meaningful contribution to the provincial breeding industry. Not Bourbon will be remembered for his talent as a racehorse and his contributions to breeding in both Ontario and British Columbia.